ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 18th of September
BLESSED DAUDI OKELO AND BLESSED JILDO IRWA, MARTYRS
Blessed Daudi Okelo converted at about age fifteen. He was a Catechist with Blessed Jildo Irwa, who converted at age eleven. Local chiefs demanded that the two of them stop teaching the Gospel; they refused and were stabbed to death for their steadfastness in Christ. Martyred in 1918 in Palamuku, Uganda, they were beatified by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom) on April 23, 2002.
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your blessed Martyrs Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa have confessed the faith, may experience their goodness as they intercede for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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